Vegetables that Thrive in Container Gardens During the Summer Growing Season

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Doan’s Nursery near Dallas, Texas to share with you heat loving vegetables you can grow in containers or in your garden during the hot summer months. In this episode, you will learn about many of the unique and exotic vegetables and fruit trees they have available at this amazing nursery in the DFW area in Texas. First, John will take you on a tour around the nursery to show you all the vegetables they are growing in large 25-95 gallon containers during the hot and humid summer in Irving, Texas. Next, you will discover some of John’s favorite fruit trees to grow in the Dallas, Texas climate. Finally, you will learn about all the hot summer season vegetables they grow and sell at Doan’s Nursery at very affordable prices. John will also share how to get some special discounts on the vegetables and herb starter plants. This episode is especially valuable for people who live in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida where the hot summer temperatures can be inhospitable to standard vegetables we know and love. After watching this episode, you will be more familiar with some of the best heat tolerant vegetables you can grow in a container garden, a raised bed garden or just in the ground. 06:00 Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) 07:00 Container Gardening Tour 07:20 Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) 09:59 Tung Ho aka Edible Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium) 10:22 Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum) 11:28 Red Malabar Spinach (basella rubra) 13:38 Culantro (Eryngium foetidum) 14:40 Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes) 16:39 Eggplant (Solanum melongena) 18:18 Horstails (Equisetum arvense) 19:04 Compost 20:08 Angled Luffa (Luffa acutangula) 21:01 Britton Shiso (Perilla frutescens) 23:00 Shiso, Mint, Basil in Containers 24:48 broad leaf plantain (Plantago major) 26:40 Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) […]

Thank you! Live in Dallas, TX – involved with getting a community garden started. Won't be using these in the beds because concerned about invasive species. Very glad that you pointed that out. Should be ok if in containers though. Enjoyed learning about these different veggies! 🙂

"We need to get rid of green plants, they keep us dependent on C02 , without green plants we wouldn't need C02 in the first place . And those nurseries pump in C02 for fertilizer. Someday we will bring C02 levels down to zero and finally clean this earth of all this messy disgusting carbon based life forms and the earth will finally be clean..and barren" ~ Weird AL Gorebalist

NO way , John !!!!! My Old Man was forced to eat the Okra when he was a child, and, he says it is slimy, and , he eats NASSSSSSTY things !!!! You'd really have to cook it up good and with some spices and then maybe I'll try some ? hahahahaha.